1917
Built as
LYRA
at
Moss Værft, Moss
for Dampskibsselskabet A/S Laly (C. T. Gogstad & Co.), Kristiania.
Launched 02/07, completed in November.Mined and sunk 04/11 approx. 8 nm north-east of Spurn Point, England
whilst on a voyage from Menstad, Skien to Rouen, France with ammonium
nitrate & aluminium. Mine was laid 24/07 by the German submarine
UC 63 (Oberleutnant zur See Karsten von Heydebreck).
Captain Christian Konrad Christoffersen and his crew abandoned in the
lifeboats. They were picked up by 2 trawlers and landed the same day in
Grimsby, England.